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© 2019 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 1 of 12
Data Sheet
Cisco Kinetic for Cities
Cisco® Kinetic for Cities is a smart city IoT platform that provides automated, secure
data sharing across community infrastructures, solutions, applications, and connected
devices. It enables you to easily and cost effectively get the maximum value out of
your IoT data to drive new initiatives around increasing safety, managing resources
more effectively, delivering new services when and where they are needed, and more.
Product overview
Communities and cities around the world are turning to technology innovations to help them overcome the growing
challenges of urbanization. Many have already begun their own digital transformation journeys as they recognize
the vast potential and growing number of opportunities made possible by secure network connectivity and the
Internet of Things (IoT).
But digital transformation initiatives are so much more than connecting sensors and new devices across your
infrastructure. Digital transformation is a way in which cities can use data to create actionable intelligence so they
can operate and plan better. How do you reach and engage your residents, and make them more informed, more
connected? How can you better manage your transportation, trash and waste services? And how can you use data
to not only save money but derive new sources of revenue that can benefit everyone?
To meet the promise of digital transformation initiatives, it is important that data can freely be moved or shared
whenever, wherever and whatever format it is needed. But the world of IoT introduces a new big data paradigm
with a host of complexities in data management, analysis and governance:
● Massive volumes and velocity of intermittent data streams from a variety of legacy and new devices can
quickly overwhelm existing IT systems.
● Data is coming from varied sources of sensors, connected devices and existing data systems, in different
schemas and formats
● Limited control over data movement to ensure data quality, discovery, usability and security
To help with these challenges, Cisco Kinetic for Cities provides you with unified monitoring and management of
data across your infrastructure, easy extraction and integration of data from multiple sensors and connected
devices, and a comprehensive set of APIs that enable third-party partners to offer new and richer services for your
residents, visitors and workers.
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Platform approach: The model for success
As more and more things are connected, challenges for cities continue to manifest and evolve. Some of these
challenges include:
● Breaking down siloed management of networks and data
● Reaching consensus across a wide range of stakeholders in both public and private sector organizations on
how to best serve the community
● Addressing increased data vulnerability and security issues while adhering to privacy policies
● Automating the extraction of insights and resulting actions to reduce data overload
To address the growing list of challenges that cities face, the Cisco solutions portfolio offers a specialized approach
to help solve problems, meet unique goals, and achieve desired outcomes. Cities around the world are being made
smarter and are connected more securely through Cisco Kinetic for Cities, together with its solutions across a
number of city use cases. We want to help each and every city leader, urban operator, local business, city resident,
and visitor in their respective journeys toward creating vibrant, lively communities.
Cisco, with its industry-leading expertise in secure networking infrastructure, collaborates with a trusted ecosystem
of partners to deliver Cisco Kinetic for Cities, which:
● Collects and integrates sensor data from multiple sensors and sensor types
● Makes sense of the aggregated data by constructing a common data model that enables more meaningful
analysis
● Exposes APIs through which local and Global Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and application
developers can meet the needs of an urban service marketplace
● The platform includes APIs for the following urban service domains:
◦ Parking
◦ Lighting
◦ Waste Management
◦ Environment
◦ Safety and Security
◦ Urban mobility
◦ Crowd
◦ Traffic
Cisco has developed a framework to help cities digitize (Figure 1). This approach addresses the needs of cities
today and into the future and uses the network as the infrastructure foundation for managed city and business
services. It incorporates mobility, security, cloud computing, virtualization, collaboration, and video, and relies on a
standards-based, open architecture and cross-functional applications running on a foundational network layer. This
framework enables sensors and other city devices to connect through a common wired and wireless network
infrastructure. With the platform, the data is aggregated, normalized, and analyzed. Through Representational
State Transfer (REST) APIs, app developers, as part of a certified partner ecosystem, can use this data to develop
new urban services applications for city agencies, citizens, and businesses.
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Figure 1. Solution framework
Cisco Kinetic for Cities
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform is delivered as a subscription-based service. The platform collects data from
city systems and citywide devices, using secure network connectivity—both wired and wireless—to transmit this
data to the cloud. The platform’s ability to capture data through standardized APIs means that the specific
protocols that each sensor uses are irrelevant to the network. The platform also stores the information securely,
making it available to other applications and services so they can further analyze, respond, package, and
present it.
The integration between all these connected elements is critical to creating a digital infrastructure that is dynamic
and responsive. Cisco Kinetic for Cities bridges the disparities between network-connected devices, people, and
processes to simplify operations, allow leaders to be more responsive to citizen needs, inspire new revenue
sources, and much more (Figure 2).
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Figure 2. Cisco Kinetic for Cities: What it does
Benefits include:
● Dynamic visibility into your community’s digital infrastructure
● Rich, up-to-date information that is easy to share across different departments and organizations to manage
incidents quickly and effectively
● Data analytics to increase situational awareness and provide the basis for cost savings and more reliable
short-term and long-term planning
Cisco Kinetic for Cities architecture
The open architecture of the platform makes it easy to add solutions to address a wide range of urban service
needs. The platform unlocks citywide data, enabling it to be used by devices, applications, and services across
domains to trigger alerts or actions based on criteria established by and for your community. This functionality
derives from the ability to combine data from many sources, regardless of their individual protocols, and
communicate it securely while also tapping into geospatial mapping for many important uses across the city
(Figure 3). For example, by combining data from both the parking and lighting domains, you can achieve features
such as parking space–specific lighting based on time of day, weather conditions, etc.
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Figure 3. Software architecture
Platform technology
Cisco Kinetic for Cities uses platform-centric native libraries, server-side scripting languages, object relational
database systems, a distributed file system, and markup languages to support the platform’s core and extended
functionalities (Table 1).
Table 1. Platform specifications for core components
Real-time engine ● Aggregation and abstraction of sensors: Provides aggregation of sensors from a diverse sensor cloud
● Normalization of sensor data: Organizes sensor data and assigns attributes based on relations; raw data is removed and passed to the time-series data engine
Time series data engine and reporting engine
● Data archive and logging: Stores data feeds from the real-time engine
● Analytics: Provides time-shifted or offline analytics on the archived data
● Reporting: Delivers reports based on events triggered by real-time engine data and external notifications
Platform Services ● Identity and Access Management (IAM): Performs user authentication, authorization, user management and role-based access control
● Location Management: Location management services including locating and tracking devices on the map, providing geo-coordinates of specific facilities, roads and city infrastructure assets.
Video Services ● Provides real time video streams of camera to operators and is useful in case of any incident or live tracking.
Reference Dashboard
Cisco Kinetic for Cities provides a dashboard web app for urban operators as a reference application. The
dashboard web app provides an operational and informational overview of selected city assets represented in a
simple graphical form. The visibility into all system functionality aids city operators’ decision-making and
coordinated citywide response. The dashboard web app provides a single view of urban infrastructure connected
through the platform.
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Domain-specific language for application developers
Cisco Kinetic for Cities uses an XML-based domain-specific language built for smart city and urban service
applications. Its primary benefits are as follows:
● Ease of development: Application developers can model sensors and business logic with varying
attributes to functionally align as unified APIs “north” of the platform. For example, an in-ground parking
sensor, a wireless parking sensor, and a camera-based parking sensor can be unified through a parking
API that allows for a unique parking model regardless of the different attributes of sensors provided by
different vendors.
● Cross-domain use cases, possibilities, and revenue channels: Cross-domain use cases can create
entirely new solutions to address community and city challenges while also simplifying and improving
existing processes without requiring further infrastructure investments.
● Fast, efficient application development: A ground-up systems development lifecycle is not needed,
because the domain-specific language does not require compilation and byte-code generation. Therefore,
the application development lifecycle is fast and efficient, and its industry applicability is vendor agnostic.
● Backward compatability and shorter development work: The domain-specific language addresses
current city requirements and scales to meet new and future challenges with little development work.
Standard Operating Procedure support
A Standard Operating Procedure, or SOP, is a set of step-by-step instructions compiled by a city council to help
workers, operators, and agencies carry out complex routine operations without any ambiguity. SOPs aim to
achieve efficiency, quality output, and uniformity of performance while reducing miscommunication and failure to
comply with industry regulations.
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities dashboard allows unlimited SOPs to be created and mapped to different types of
incidents so that the mapping preferences are persistent.
● The dashboard GUI provides seamless control over incidents and alerts that happen within the region of
focus. It allows the operator to trigger appropriate SOPs for the type and priority of the incidents, enabling
the operator to handle incidents efficiently. Cisco Kinetic for Cities supports complex SOP workflows that
have:
◦ Multiple levels of approvals
◦ Multiple departments that need to be contacted by phone, SMS etc.
◦ Automated escalation paths of communication
● Alerts can be seen on the dashboard with location information.
● Support for both manual and automated triggering of SOP’s based on the incoming alarm’s type and
severity.
● If no actions or resolutions are provided within a predefined SLA, an SOP can be escalated to the next
authority in line for resolution.
● Users can create and edit their own SOP’s, cancel an in-progress SOP, add/modify comments against
SOP’s and also view the historical information on all SOP’s. Any errors in SOP execution also would be
available to be viewed on the dashboard
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Video Wall Support
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities Video solution uses the Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform to aggregate, normalize, and
analyze data obtained from disparate sources such as intelligent sensors, video cameras etc. The unified view of
the dashboard provides a single pane of glass view for both IOT data and video camera feed to allow the city
operators to make critical decisions to help manage situations and respond to emergencies.
Key Features
● Video wall – Grid View for viewing multiple cameras simultaneously
● Easy selection of cameras in grid view
● Grid size selection up to 6*6 based on operator’s comfort for viewing multiple cameras
● Geotagged cameras in Map View for easy correlation between the view and its location
● End users to have the ability to configure their choice of auto-rotation time-interval between different video
screens
Provider Connectivity Monitoring support
“Provider Connectivity Monitoring” helps to monitor the status of sensor(s) connectivity on the dashboard.
Whenever the connectivity between CKC platform and the sensor (or provider) cloud is down/not operational, the
dashboard has the capability to show the status of all the sensors associated with the provider to be “offline” until
the connectivity between the CKC platform and the sensor provider cloud is restored. When the connectivity is
restored, automatically the status of the sensors is updated to “online”. This helps the city operators to get a much
more realistic and accurate status of the sensor connectivity on the reference dashboard.
Whenever the CKC platform is unable to connect to the sensor provider cloud, it raises a “Provider Connectivity
Lost” alert that is seen on the dashboard. This allows the city operators to use the dashboard to create and
manage Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) against this alert and be able to take any preventive or corrective
actions as they deem fit.
Note: “Provider Connectivity Monitoring” feature is only supported for those southbound providers/extensions
where the CKC platform is initiating the connection to the sensor provider cloud. In case the sensor provider cloud
is initiating connection to the CKC platform through a callback URL mechanism etc, the “Provider Connectivity
Monitoring” feature support is not available.
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Security designed to work together
Traditionally, network deployments use a disparate approach and do not follow open security standards.
Organizations run applications, servers, and tools on the public cloud with limited security protections. There’s an
imminent need for a more effective security posture to address the needs of all users.
Our security evolves with each technology. And our trusted network partners can use their own complementary
compliance standards, security policies, and governance requirements. Cisco Kinetic for Cities is secure at each
layer of the architecture to protect data, reduce complexity, and help IT be more productive. We use an OAuth 2.0
framework and an identity-based key management mechanism that detect and stop threats to protect data across
the platform.
The following functionalities and approaches are used to assure the platform’s end-to-end security:
● OAuth 2.0 framework:
◦ Provides clients “secure delegated access” to server resources on behalf of a resource owner.
◦ Allows an authorization server to issue access tokens to third-party clients, with the approval of the
resource owner.
● Cloud perimeter security guidelines:
◦ Enables secure virtual private clouds.
◦ Establish dynamic perimeters around applications, clients, hosts, and shared resources.
● User ID management:
◦ Protects users, data, and applications through centralized automated identity management.
◦ Provides application management: role-based application access and view.
● Key management mechanism:
◦ Enables certified users to access and collaborate on ecosystem partner data in a secure and safe
manner.
◦ Validates stakeholders using role-based keys and workflows, helping assure security.
◦ Allows certified users to leverage data, service, and domain capabilities based on their subscriptions.
Appropriate information is available for collaboration.
Data sovereignty
Your city or community owns all data produced by the Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform. The owner of the device,
who in turn grants Cisco a license to provide our services, owns the data. Because the platform shares information,
our partners must complete a certification process before they are qualified to use it.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities securely stores all data, and increased capacity is available as needed. We comply with
regulations on data storage and management for the respective location of the data center.
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Features and benefits
Cisco Kinetic for Cities delivers:
● More coordinated and effective incident response across different city agencies and organizations
● A pay-as-you-grow model; pay only for services consumed
● Federated, consistent data across an extensible platform, available to multiple stakeholders
● Rapid, reliable and flexible deployment using vendors through a Cisco certified partner ecosystem, paired
with unmatched Cisco expertise
● Greater trust and security with Cisco security standards
● Improved monetization that inspires new revenue opportunities through application development, data
analytics and modeling, and optimized asset use
● Better public engagement and responsiveness to citizen needs
● Innovative partnerships for continued growth and success
● Better understanding of how resources are used to generate cost savings and enable greater efficiency
Licensing
Cisco Kinetic for Cities offers a cloud-hosted deployment model. The platform will be deployed on a cloud owned
by a Cisco certified cloud partner and will be hosted and managed by Cisco Ops team.
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities platform has three subscription categories. Customers may choose the one that best
meets their needs:
● TaaS- Things as a service—This is the base offer, providing data from sensors from a single vendor within
one domain
● DaaS—Domain as a service—This is normalized sensor data across multiple vendors being exposed
through the platform as an API for a single domain
● BaaS—Business API as a service—This is normalized data across domains helping to enable contextual
relationships to be formed between two or more domains
TaaS DaaS BaaS
Base offer providing data from sensors from a single vendor in a single domain.
Normalized data from different vendors from a single domain offered as a service.
Enabling contextual correlations between domains.
Event in a single domain can trigger action in another domain.
For instance: Drive lighting policies from parking data provided from a multitude of different sensor types.
Kinetic for Cities solution approach
Cisco offers the following solutions for city digitization.
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Cisco Connected Communities Infrastructure for Cities
Every smart city begins with its network. Cisco’s Connected Communities Infrastructure is a validated network
design that creates a multiservice network specifically architected for smart cities and roadways. Using this
validated approach, Cities can select the technology that is right for them without having to worry about being
locked into solutions or technologies.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Lighting
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities Lighting solution transforms LED light fixtures into sensor-equipped smart devices that
are capable of capturing and transmitting data in near real time. This capability provides unprecedented actionable
insight and helps to enable an array of applications and services for cities, citizens, and businesses.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Parking
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities Parking solution provides intelligent parking services that address a city’s parking
issues through technology, such as public Wi-Fi networks, video cameras, video analytics, and sensor-enabled
parking management. The solution provides citizens with real-time information about available parking and allows
them to book spaces in advance using mobile applications. This results in less traffic congestion and a more
effective partnership between cities, citizens, local businesses, and parking enforcement agencies.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Urban Mobility
The Cisco Kinetics for Cities Urban Mobility solution provides real-time, configurable vehicle counts and vehicle
classification while producing a wide range of traffic density information. Vehicle direction, classification, and lane
placement are all captured and seamlessly brought to the Cisco Kinetic for Cities dashboard. This results in shorter
daily commutes for citizens, less traffic in general, and thus improving the quality of life for the citizens in the city.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Environment
With the Cisco Kinetic for Cities Environment solution, cities can improve existing early warning systems by
deploying sensors to collect real-time environmental data to detect incidents as they develop. The moment a
parameter crosses a threshold, automated notifications create inputs for a predictive model that estimates the
spread and effects of the incident. Field response teams are connected to emergency management teams who are
getting data from monitoring departments and sensors. All stakeholders are enabled to drive real-time action, with
workflows and data flowing through a single platform.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Safety and Security
The Cisco Kinetic for Cities Safety and Security solution uses the platform to aggregate, normalize, and analyze
data obtained from disparate sources, such as intelligent sensors, video cameras, and social media. The analyzed
data provides useful insights that aid in planning and making critical decisions to help manage crime and respond
to emergencies, thereby making the city a safer place for its citizens.
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Cisco Kinetic for Cities Waste Management
With the Cisco Kinetic for Cities Waste Management solution, cities can improve existing waste collection and bin
monitoring systems by deploying sensors to collect bin fill level data. Waste pickup can be optimized by knowing
bin fill levels and when bins are likely to reach capacity, reducing operational expenditures. The Cisco Kinetic for
Cities Waste Management solution accurately monitors bin fill levels and creates insightful reports that enable
waste collection managers to dynamically manage the waste collection cycles.
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Video
Cisco Kinetic for Cities Video solution integrates with multiple VSM providers and enables operators to bring in
different camera feeds from these providers into one single dashboard for a consolidated view. This includes GIS
enabled Map View which displays both camera icons and IOT data. Operators can easily locate and stream from
any specific camera located at a specific location.
Support
Cisco Kinetic for Cities solutions are fully enabled by Cisco Solution Support.
For more information about this, please refer to the link at
https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/doing_business/legal/docs/cisco-software-and-solution-support-
service.pdf
Cisco’s responsibilities entail the following:
● Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC) access 24 hours per day, 7 days per week to assist by telephone,
fax, electronic mail or the internet with Solution and/or Application Software use, configuration and
troubleshooting issues. Cisco will respond within one (1) hour for all calls received during Standard
Business Hours and for Severity 1 and 2 calls received outside Standard Business Hours. For Severity 3
and 4 calls received outside Standard Business Hours, Cisco will respond no later than the next Business
Day.
● Access to Cisco.com for information on the Solution or the Application Software being supported. This
system provides Customer with helpful technical and general information on Cisco Products and solutions
as well as access to Cisco's on-line Software Center libraries, which may include Open Source software.
Please note that access restrictions identified by Cisco from time to time may apply.
● Technical issue management for issues encountered with the Solution
● In the event Cisco determine escalation to a Solution Technology Partner for Third Party Product support is
necessary, Cisco will work with the Customer and the applicable Solution Technology Partner to open a
case for the Customer in the Solution Technology Partner’s case management system, provided the
customer has a valid support contract of the Third Party Vendor Product.
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Why Cisco
Cisco Kinetic for Cities unlocks and optimizes your IoT data in real-time, enforcing policies for ownership, privacy,
security and governance as data moves from the edge to the cloud and across your infrastructure. You benefit
from:
● Reduced costs: Low-risk, fast start implementation to protect against expensive implementation and
upgrade costs.
● Simplicity and effectiveness: Extensible and interoperable combinations of sensors, applications,
devices, solutions, and public services allow for scale and flexibility as your technology requirements
evolve.
● Innovation and growth: Easy access to data and increased data management capability allows you to
extend technology ecosystem to developers, businesses, and academics to help you solve city challenges
and evolve technology for unprecedented opportunities.
● A bright present and future: Standards-based open architecture allows for the integration of devices
currently on the market, as well as those that will result from future innovation.
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